Income from federal grazing-dependent
jobs as percentage of total job income

0.04

Days of normal job growth to replace
all federal-dependent grazing jobs

11

Days of normal income growth to replace
all federal-dependent grazing jobs

6

Bureau of Leisure and Motorhomes
- October 2004: for the first time in the history of the agency, the Bureau
of Land Management collected more revenue in recreational fees than annual grazing
fees. This despite the fact that recreational fees are often collected through
voluntary pay stations, while grazing fees are mandatory and enforced, and BLM
does not charge fees for many recreational offerings on BLM lands. 13

In Nevada (the state with more federal land than any other outside of Alaska),
federal public lands grazing provides 1,228 jobs. 12
By comparison, one casino in Las Vegas employs 37,000 people. 14

Alternative uses of federal public lands contribute much more income to
local and regional economies than livestock grazing. In the Central Winter
Ecosystem Management Area in the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona, dispersed recreation
is worth $200,000 annually to the local and regional economies; fuelwood is
worth $48,984; livestock grazing is worth $45,988; and deer and turkey hunting
is worth $1,324,259. 15

As part of his research on public lands grazing economics, Dr. Thomas Powers
produced two tables of data
that are widely cited to refute the contention that public lands grazing is
essential to western state economies.